The Political Thread

[Barry Poppins]

Biden Joins Trump's Truth Social Site 'Because We Thought It Would Be Very Funny'

The first post read, "Well. Let’s see how this goes. Converts welcome!”

www.huffpost.com

Say what you will about Biden, his sense of humor is good.

 

[Comrade Khan]

This thread could use some levity once in a while so thought it could help

 

[Chris]

Biden will travel to Israel on Wednesday as war with Hamas drags into its second week

Biden will also work to establish a plan for the safe passage of critical humanitarian aid to Gaza.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Chris]

India's Supreme Court refuses to legalize same-sex marriage, saying it's up to Parliament

India’s top court has refused to legalize same-sex marriages passing the responsibility back to Parliament.

apnews.com

 

[Comrade Khan]

that country sucks so much

 

[Chris]

U.S. curbs export of more AI chips, including Nvidia H800, to China

The U.S. government says the new rules are intended to close loopholes that popped up after last year's restrictions on AI chip exports went into effect.

www.cnbc.com

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Tuesday that it plans to prevent the sale of more advanced artificial intelligence chips to China in the coming weeks.

The U.S. government says the new rules are intended to close loopholes that popped up after last year’s restrictions on AI chip exports went into effect.

 

[Chris]

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/15/1206033591/poland-votes-in-an-election-seen-as-the-most-important-of-its-3-decade-old-democ

WARSAW, Poland — Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk declared the beginning of a new era for his country after opposition parties appeared to have won enough votes in Sunday's parliamentary election to oust the governing nationalist conservative party.

 

[Comrade Khan]

yeah it's looking like a coalition government will be formed as the ruling party didn't meet the 50% threshold and do not have enough allies currently to form a majority government while the opposition does. Good news overall as the ruling party was doing some pretty dangerous things as well as propping up demagogues like Orban in Hungary

 

[Chris]

Ukraine uses secretly shipped U.S. missiles to launch surprise strike

The delivery and use on the battlefield marks a major ramp up of the administration’s defense of Ukraine.

www.politico.com

The Ukrainian military on Tuesday used U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles to strike nine Russian helicopters in eastern Ukraine, after Washington secretly shipped the weapons in recent weeks.


The delivery and use on the battlefield, confirmed by two people familiar with the move, marks a major ramp up of the administration’s defense of Ukraine, for the first time providing Kyiv’s forces with the ability to strike Russian targets far behind the front lines.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Airfield go boom

 

[Barry Poppins]

that country sucks so much

No kidding. India is a pretty Conservative country by all metrics, and it has a lot of problems. Not to mention allying itself with fascists in Russia.

 

[Barry Poppins]

yeah it's looking like a coalition government will be formed as the ruling party didn't meet the 50% threshold and do not have enough allies currently to form a majority government while the opposition does. Good news overall as the ruling party was doing some pretty dangerous things as well as propping up demagogues like Orban in Hungary

The more coalition governments that can wrest power from Nationalistic and Fascist parties, the better tbh.

 

[Comrade Khan]

No kidding. India is a pretty Conservative country by all metrics, and it has a lot of problems. Not to mention allying itself with fascists in Russia.

I don't even care that much about the left right swing, democracy has erroded like crazy, Modi is a religious zealot and killing and jailing journalists and opposition members. not to mention, yknow, assassinating canadian citizens in canada. fuck that fascist government, democracy my ass

 

[Barry Poppins]

I don't even care that much about the left right swing, democracy has erroded like crazy, Modi is a religious zealout and killing and jailing journalists and opposition members. not to mention, yknow, assassinating canadian citizens in canada. fuck that fascist government, democracy my ass

Oh believe me, when I say Conservative, I don't just mean politically. India is for all intents and purposes a Fascist Theocracy.

 

[Chris]

The House is voting on Jim Jordan for Speaker rn